Can I used your posts and publish them other places?
Sure. You can use any of my writing on any of my blogs (www.brentriggs.com www.seriousfaith.com ). I would appreciate if you put something at the end like “By Brent Riggs – www.riggsfamilyblog.com” or credit whichever of my blogs you got the content from.
Kathy and many others asked:
How is Abby today?
We are consulting with the docs about what to do. It’s a juggling act: we need to keep her feeding tube because she desperately needs the nutrition to keep fighting infection and repairing her wound. But, it would be helpful if we could pull the tube, surgically clean up the site, and get Abby to eat on her own.
We are hoping the surgeon will tell us he can clean up the wound site AND keep her tube in place. We are also considering TPN and appetite stimulants.
Abby’s condition today is about the same as yesterday. She is starting to show a few white blood cells and they did give her a first shot of Neupogen last night.
We’ll know more later today after they examine, evaluate and consult. We’ll keep you updated of course.
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Praise God that she is making white blood cells. That is awesome! Still praying!
Amen. No, he did not say that Catholics are not Christians. I've experienced those words of that belief or thought (or whatever you want to call it), and I am not Catholic (I am "close" as they say, Christian). I just always heard ("Well, they are 'close'.) It is what it is. I am discovering faith. My husband was Catholic. I did not believe it would be an issue for our children, and it never was. But can be made into one. No one ever says "what is". I actually experienced Brent's words and the words from the Bible on this just yesterday. That is not what he is saying. But he did explain it well I believe. Read again, try to understand - what faith is. (It is not trust and respect), it is faith. He described it so well yesterday, and it was out of the bible (Ephesians?). I get it.
Yea for WBC! That is good news. Praying for even more improvements.
Love and Prayers,
Holly in OKC
Saw the twitter about the neupogen shot. Did you know that neupogen can be given IV instead of as a shot? My brother received IV neupogen when he had medulloblastoma and we even gave it to him at home. Then when I was in nursing school, I discovered that the adult hem/onc unit I was doing clinicals in did not use IV neupogen and I actually did a research project on it. From the research I found, there was no difference in outcome for the two routes of administration. From following websites in the childhood cancer world, it seems that there are a lot of hospitals giving out neupogen shots though and it breaks my heart!
I'm a peds heme/onc RN and there is still a lot of question as to whether Neupogen is as effective when it is administered IV. It has been awhile since I've actually looked at the research though, but the last we discussed it on our unit, we were going to continue giving it as an injection. Sorry, Abby! Poor sore little legs.
GO WBCs GO!
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